{"title":"A Case Study of Thermospheric Exospheric Temperature Responses During the G-Condition at Mohe and Beijing Stations","authors":"Shaoyang Li, Zhipeng Ren, Tingting Yu, Biqiang Zhao, Libo Liu, Guozhu Li, Xinan Yue, Yong Wei, Lianhuan Hu","doi":"10.1029/2024JA032653","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JA032653","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The G-condition (NmF<sub>2</sub> ≤ NmF<sub>1</sub>) was observed by ground-based ionosondes at Mohe and Beijing during the geomagnetic storm occurred on 23 and 24 April 2023. We studied exospheric temperature (Tex) responses during the G-condition. Tex was derived from electron density (Ne) profiles (∼150–200 km) by the method proposed by Li et al. (2023, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022ja030988). The retrieved Tex showed obvious enhancements, with relative deviation of ∼10%–35% and ∼3%–20% at Mohe and Beijing, respectively. Additionally, chemical reaction rate increased by ∼15%–100% and ∼13%–30%, and O/N<sub>2</sub> decreased by ∼17%–35% and ∼23%–30% at Mohe and Beijing, respectively. Under photochemical equilibrium assumption, peak Ne is inversely proportional to chemical reaction rate and proportional to O/N<sub>2</sub>. Increased chemical reaction rate and decreased O/N<sub>2</sub> indicate a decrease in peak Ne. Compared to the increased Tex, the relative enhancement in Tex is more significantly associated with the G-condition, with relative deviation above ∼10% during the G-condition.</p>","PeriodicalId":15894,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics","volume":"129 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142429519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Longitudinal Variations of Energetic Electrons Scattered by NWC Transmitter: DEMETER Observations","authors":"Yangxizi Liu, Zheng Xiang, Binbin Ni, Chen Zhou, Jianhang Wang, Deyu Guo, Junhu Dong, Jingle Hu, Haozhi Guo","doi":"10.1029/2024JA032975","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JA032975","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites often observe wisp-like energy spectra, characterized by lower energies at higher <i>L</i> values of energetic electrons, resulting from the scattering effect of the narrow-band artificial transmitter signals. Typically, the flux levels of wisp energy spectra increase as they approach the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA). Here, we report, for the first time, the longitudinal variations of wisp positions in the energy-<i>L</i> coordinate based on observations from the DEMETER satellite. The <i>L</i>-values of wisps decrease at the longitudes <180° and increase at the longitudes >180°. By considering the satellite's orbital characteristics, we found that the longitudinal variations of wisp are essentially the MLT-dependent radial transport of electrons. This finding indicates that the electron drift paths can be modified within a single drift period. We propose a duskward convection electric field as a potential mechanism to explain the longitudinal variations of wisps. By assuming a uniform duskward convection electric field with an amplitude of ∼1.5 mV/m, our simulations can reasonably reproduce the longitudinal variations of wisps observed in the southern hemisphere on 21 March 2009. Our results support the existence of a convection electric field in the inner belt and suggest that this electric field significantly contributes to the variations in energies and <i>L</i> values of energetic electrons within one drift period.</p>","PeriodicalId":15894,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics","volume":"129 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2024JA032975","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142429294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anton Artemyev, Yukitoshi Nishimura, Vassilis Angelopoulos, Xiao-Jia Zhang, Jacob Bortnik
{"title":"Rapid Transport of Energetic Electrons to Low \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 L\u0000 \u0000 $L$\u0000 -Shells: The Key Role of Electric Fields","authors":"Anton Artemyev, Yukitoshi Nishimura, Vassilis Angelopoulos, Xiao-Jia Zhang, Jacob Bortnik","doi":"10.1029/2024JA033136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JA033136","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The dynamics of the outer radiation belt are traditionally associated with wave-particle resonant interactions, which provide local electron acceleration and losses through very low-frequency waves, and electron radial transport by ultra-low frequency waves. However, these processes cannot explain observations of rapid radial transport of energetic electrons (on a time-scale of a couple of hours), deep into the inner magnetosphere (down to <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>L</mi>\u0000 <mo>∼</mo>\u0000 <mn>2</mn>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation> $Lsim 2$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>, mapping to <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mo>∼</mo>\u0000 <mn>45</mn>\u0000 <mo>°</mo>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation> ${sim} 45{}^{circ}$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> magnetic latitude in the ionosphere). This transport is likely associated with strong convection electric fields forming around the plasmapause. To investigate these rapid, low-latitude electron transport, we combine low-altitude observations of energetic electron fluxes by the ELFIN CubeSats and DMSP satellites, SuperDARN measurements of ionospheric plasma flows (electric fields), and equatorial measurements of energetic electrons and electric fields by THEMIS. Our findings demonstrate that the rapid filling of the slot region by <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mo><</mo>\u0000 <mn>300</mn>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation> ${< } 300$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> keV electrons is directly associated with electric field penetration to low latitudes (down to <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mn>40</mn>\u0000 <mo>−</mo>\u0000 <mn>50</mn>\u0000 <mo>°</mo>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation> $40-50{}^{circ}$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>). The proposed electron transport scenario, the direct penetration of energetic electrons by strong, localized electric fields, underscores the importance of ionosphere-magnetosphere coupling in radiation belt dynamics.</p>","PeriodicalId":15894,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics","volume":"129 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142429619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}